American University in Beirut

hellokitty44
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:43:41 +0000

As a Lebanese, I can say it is certainly a beautiful country. I don’t know much about AUB (aside from cousins’ accounts as students), but I’m not sure how safe it is… A few summers ago, after conflict with the group Hizballah (which still resides in Lebanon), Israel bombed locations all over the country. That violence definitely affected citizens. The country is still unstable, though not to the point of that summer.

But honestly, although the university is the best in Lebanon and maybe in the Middle East, it does not compare to the universities in the US. Tons of people leave Lebanon to pursue a better education here in the US (including members of my family) because the universities here are much better quality. This does not just include the top-ranked US colleges. But as a study-abroad for a year or a term, just because of the opportunity to be immersed in the language and culture, would definitely be worthwhile as a supplement to your education at college in the US/England/Canada/etc.